The tour will cycle through historic Acworth for 1.5 miles over approximately 2 hours, stopping to hear about interesting homes and buildings, and the people who helped make this city great! We will not enter any of the homes, rather enjoy the outdoors and hear about them.

It will end at Center Street Tavern for a Nacho Bar and beverage, included in the ticket price! This is the route for the tour and you will learn about 12-15 homes.

List of Homes

J. W. McMillan House ~ c. 1879

Kienel Compound ~ c. 1926

McEver House ~ c. 1840

Jesse L. Lemon House ~ c. 1880

Acworth Elementary School ~ c. 1852/1868

Orlando Awtrey House ~ c. 1882

The Honeymoon House ~ c. 1904

Sills/McCall-House ~ c. 1938

Kemp-Dyer House ~ c. 1937

Sprayberry House ~ c. 1937

Lacey House ~ c. 1938

Sellers House ~ 1999

Acworth Hardware Company ~ c. ?

This year’s proceeds will help restore the old Acworth Smokehouse on the Marietta Root House property. For years, this historic smokehouse sat unnoticed behind a home on Northside Drive in downtown Acworth. The home was purchased by a local developer and was slated for demolition. Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, Inc. (CLHS), immediately reached out to the developer to see if there was any interest in preserving the smokehouse. The developer had no plans to preserve the smokehouse but was interested in donating it to CLHS.

Original smokehouse prior to being taken down.

Because the Smokehouse was in such poor condition, it was determined that dismantling the building would be safer than moving it in one piece. The Smokehouse was taken down brick by brick and the bricks have been cleaned and stored, ready to be rebuilt.
Click here for more information on the project.